Criminalidade patrimonial: uma análise da política criminal no parlamento brasileiro entre os anos de 2010 e 2022 como reflexo da seletividade penal

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the legislative policy in criminal matters prepared by the Brazilian parliament in the period between 2010 and 2022, more specifically the changes in Chapter II of the special part of the penal code, entitled the crimes against property. Through the data that were collected from the research started with the project of scientific initiation (PIBIC-UFAL cycle 2021-2022), we sought to highlight the use of criminal law in a merely symbolic way, through populist discourses and practices led by parliamentarians linked to groups that defend conservative ideologies. In addition, from the data provided by INFOPEN, the profile of the Brazilian prison population was elaborated. With these data began a reflection on the criminal selectivity applied to crimes against property. From criminological theories, the legislative production in recent years was related to the promotion of stereotypes that aimed to associate crime to racial and economic issues. It was also verified if the parliamentarians were based on scientific studies when offering proposals on the subject. The research followed a quantitative and qualitative approach, where initially were collected the data that refer to pls in the electronic sites of the federal government. Subsequently, a documentary analysis and bibliographic research focused on critical criminology were performed. With the study it was observed that in the last ten years the Brazilian legislature has assumed a tendency of criminal hardening in the field of property crimes, counting on the help of groups and party benches that focuses on the area of public security, as is the case with the bullet stand. Allied to this, there was the use of populist discourses in criminal matters, which had the help provided by the mass media, so that the interests of privileged groups were fulfilled.